Geography of Borders and Displacement

3.00 credits · Undergraduate

Overview of critical theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding borders, displacements, and nation-states in historical and contemporary contexts. Key concepts from the field of political geography including sovereignty, territoriality, settler colonialism, nationalism, governance, migration, transnationalism, citizenship, and security. While focused on the Canadian context, the course addresses global examples as relevant and brings Indigenous, settler colonial, and migration histories and geographies into conversation.